Roy "Slag" McGurk
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The Mighty McGurk is a 1947 American sports drama film directed by John Waters and starring Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell and Edward Arnold. Beery appears as a boozing ex-boxer brawling as a bouncer in a Bowery saloon.
The Mighty McGurk: Directed by John Waters. With Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Edward Arnold, Aline MacMahon. "Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon.
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- Comedy, Drama
- John Waters
- 1947-01-02
Director John Waters' 1946 period comedy, set in New York's Bowery, stars Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Aline MacMahon, Edward Arnold, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick, Aubrey Mather, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Parsons, Morris Ankrum and Oliver Blake.
In 1900 in the Bowery, former prize fighter "Slag" McGurk (Wallace Beery) grows disenchanted when his protégé, Johnny Burden (Cameron Mitchell), leaves boxing to join the Salvation Army.
- Comedy, Drama
- Wallace Beery
- John Waters
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sep 27, 2013 · In New York City's Bowery in the early 1900s, former world heavyweight champ Roy "Slag" McGurk wonders why Johnny Burden, the boy he "brought out of the gutter" and trained to be middleweight champion of the world, has turned his back on boxing and joined the Salvation Army.
- John Waters, Tom Andre
- Wallace Beery
"Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon. But when "Slag" stumbles upon a young orphaned lad and agrees to help him find a relative, his life takes on a whole new meaning.
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